You have spent approximately nine months attached to your biological mother during her pregnancy. During those months, her body fed you through the placenta and grew you into a strong little baby.
Throughout a whole lifetime, nine months are not that long. But did you know that those nine months of pregnancy, and the health of the placenta, can impact on a woman's health for the rest of her life? Dr. Meryam Sugulle believes that the placenta is the real center of the universe. Meryam Sugulle is a Consultant Obstetrician and Researcher at Oslo University Hospital, one of the largest delivery units in Scandinavia.

She holda a MD from Germany, PhD in Medicine from the University in Oslo. Scottish Quality and Safety Fellow, Cohort 13.

Meryam believes that the placenta is the real center of the universe and has a passion for multiprofessional skills and simulation training in obstetrics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx